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Title:Integration Requirements in EU Migration Law Author(s):DE VRIES, KarinDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2012/20Abstract:In recent years, integration requirements have come to play a role in EU immigration law. Several directives – the Family Reunification Directive (2003/86), the Long-Term Residents Directive (2003/109) and the Blue Card ...
Title:International Competition and U.S. R&D Subsidies: A Quantitative Welfare Analysis Author(s):IMPULLITI, GiammarioDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2008/14Abstract:The geographical distribution of R&D investment changes dramatically in the 1970s and 1980s. In the early 1970s U.S. firms are the uncontested world leaders in R&D investment in most manufacturing sectors. Later, led by ...
Title:International Consumption Insurance and Within-Country Risk Reallocation Author(s):LO PRETE, AnnaDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2008/03Abstract:Institutions meant to reallocate risks that cannot be fully diversified on financial markets, such as labour income fluctuations, may also affect the response of aggregate consumption to country-specific income shocks. ...
Title:International Finance and Policy Cooperation: Before and After the 2007-2010 Financial Crisis Author(s):KONOE, SaraDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2010/24Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to assess regional and international policy cooperation in financial regulation from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Despite the development of regulatory and supervisory standards from Basel I ...
Title:International Schumpeterian competition and optimal R&D subsidies Author(s):IMPULLITI, GiammarioDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/19Abstract:This paper studies the welfare effects of international competition in the market for innovations, and analyzes how competition affects the costs and the benefits of cooperative and non-cooperative R&D subsidies. I set ...
Title:Interpreting Murder Medically A Medico-Legal Case from an Early 20th Century European Periphery Author(s):SKÅLEVÅG, Svein AtleDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/21Abstract:The paper takes as its departure point a murder case from 1911, when four siblings killed their younger brother in a remote location in northern Norway. This episode becomes an occasion for discussing medical and juridical ...
Title:Intra-household sharing of financial resources : a review Author(s):KULIC, Nevena ; DOTTI SANI, Giulia M.Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2017/12Abstract:Since the 1960s, the allocation of resources in couples has been the object of much research in both the fields of economics and sociology. Today, the growth of women’s economic independence and their increased potential ...
Title:Inventing Russian History: ‘Reflections on Russia’ – an unearthed essay by Yakov Ivanovič Bulgakov (1743-1809) Author(s):VELIZHEV, MikhailDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2008/37Abstract:This paper analyzes the anonymous article “Reflections on Russia, or Some Remarks on Russians Civil and Moral Status Until Peter I’s Reign” published in 1807 in the Moscow literary magazine “Messenger of Europe”. ‘Reflections’ ...
Title:Inventors and Impostors: an Economic Analysis of Patent Examination Author(s):SCHUETT, FlorianDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2009/15Abstract:The objective of patent examination is to separate the wheat from the chaff. Good applications – those satisfying the patentability criteria, particularly novelty and non-obviousness – should be accepted, while bad ...
Title:Inventors and Impostors: An Economic Analysis of Patent Examination Author(s):SCHUETT, FlorianDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2009/28Abstract:The objective of patent examination is to separate the wheat from the chaff. Good applications - those satisfying the patentability criteria, particularly novelty and nonobviousness - should be accepted, while bad applications ...
Title:Is ethnic diversity a poverty trap? : a complex relationship between ethnicity, trust, and tax morale Author(s):TUSICISNY, AndrejDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2014/09Abstract:Much research indicates that ethnic diversity leads to suboptimal public goods provision and hinders economic development. However, similar levels of ethnic diversity are often associated with very different outcomes. This ...
Title:Is the EU toothless? : an assessment of the EU rule of law enforcement toolkit Author(s):BÁRD, Petra Dóra ; CHRONOWSKI, Nóra; FLECK, Zoltán; KOVÁCS, Ágnes; KÖRTVÉLYESI, Zsolt; MÉSZÁROS, Gábor Date:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:MTA Law Working Papers; 2022/08Abstract:This paper lists and critically assesses European Rule of Law enforcement instruments. It argues that these could have provided dissuasive responses to severe and systemic Rule of Law violations in Hungary, had they been ...
Title:Is the gasoline tax regressive in the twenty-first century? Author(s):TEIXIDO-FIGUERAS, Jordi ; VERDE, Stefano F.Date:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2016/19; Energy; [Florence School of Regulation]; [Climate]Abstract:Poterba (1991a) has much influenced the literature on the distributional effects of carbon pricing. The gist of Poterba’s study is that the distributional incidence of energy/environmental taxes across households is better ...
Title:Is there a Tension between Transparency and Efficiency in Decisions? The case of the Council of the European Union Author(s):NOVAK, StéphanieDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2011/33Abstract:Decision makers sometimes refer to the tension between transparency and efficiency in decisions. Yet, this argument is not so obvious, partly because the notion of efficiency is unclear. As a first step in the analysis of ...
Title:Islamist echoes in the context of the Tunisian Islamist Party's 10th congress Author(s):LEMIERE, Sophie Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2017/07Abstract:Since the uprising in 2011, Tunisia is seen as a political lab whose experiences impact the entire region. The return to the political scene of the Islamists of the Ennahdha Party, and their democratic ascension to power, ...
Title:The Israel Defense Forces and the Al-Aqsa Intifada: When Tactical Virtuosity Meets Strategic Disappointment Author(s):CATIGNANI, SergioDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2008/04Abstract:The following paper analyzes the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) counter-insurgency strategy and campaign carried out against the Palestinian insurgency within the Occupied/Disputed Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip ...
Title:The Italian labyrinth of adjudicating employment rights : in search of 'Ariadne's Thread' Author(s):COMANDÈ, DanielaDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2013/19Abstract:This paper belongs to a comparative research network coordinated by Professors Susan Corby and Pete Burgess and it deals with the process of adjudicating substantive employment rights in Italy. In particular, the study is ...
Title:Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj and the Serbian Identity between Poetry and History Author(s):ALEKSOV, BojanDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/08Abstract:The recent violent outburst of Serbian nationalism has attracted significant interest in the ever-growing field of nationalism studies. In addition, the so-called ‘cultural turn’ has engaged scholars in the reappraisal of ...
Title:Juan Valverde, or Building a “Spanish Anatomy” in 16th Century Rome Author(s):ANDRETTA, ElisaDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2009/20Abstract:The paper focus on the sojourn in Rome of the Spanish anatomist Juan de Valverd. His role, both within the Spanish community and the political and cultural framework of the city, will be examined in various places of the ...
Title:Just A Matter of Time: Empirical Evidence of the Causal Effect of Education on Fertility in Italy Author(s):FORT, MargheritaDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/22Abstract:This paper assesses the causal effects of education on fertility, allowing for heterogeneity in the effects while controlling for the self-selection of women into education. Identification relies on exogenous variation ...